Tyson William Ross was born on April 22,1987 and is an American professional baseball pitcher who is a free agent.
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34 Facts About Tyson Ross
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Tyson Ross has played in Major League Baseball for the Oakland Athletics, San Diego Padres, Rangers, St Louis Cardinals, and Detroit Tigers.
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Tyson Ross is a native of Berkeley, California, and was raised in Oakland, California.
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Tyson Ross attended the University of California, Berkeley, where he majored in American Studies and played college baseball for the California Golden Bears baseball team.
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Tyson Ross won the college 2007 Rawlings Gold Glove award as the country's best fielding pitcher.
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Tyson Ross was an All Pac-10 Conference selection in 2007 and 2008.
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Tyson Ross was drafted by the Oakland Athletics in the 2nd round of the 2008 MLB draft.
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Tyson Ross made 6 appearances in 2008 for the Single-A Kane County Cougars of the Midwest League, posting a 4.
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Tyson Ross made his MLB debut on April 7,2010, against the Seattle Mariners.
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Tyson Ross struck out the first batter he faced, his childhood idol Ken Griffey Jr.
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Tyson Ross was one of the A's final cuts in spring training 2011, but was recalled to join the bullpen in early April.
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Tyson Ross took the place of the injured Dallas Braden in the rotation, making six starts until he himself was injured and placed on the DL with a strained oblique.
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Tyson Ross did not return to the Oakland A's that season, finishing out 2011 in Triple-A, where he had a 7.
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Tyson Ross was pegged as the A's fifth starter out of spring training in 2012, but was sent down to the Sacramento River Cats at the start of the season because Oakland would not need a fifth starter until mid-April.
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Tyson Ross competed for a starting job in 2013 spring training and won the fifth spot in the rotation.
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Tyson Ross made three starts for the Padres before suffering a left shoulder subluxation in the process of swinging for his first major league hit.
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Tyson Ross made 13 more starts for the Padres through the end of the year, posting a 2.
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Tyson Ross received the 2014 Padres Clyde McCullough Pitcher of the Year Award.
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Tyson Ross continued his success from the previous season in 2015 by starting a league-high 33 games and posting a career-high 212 strikeouts, and 14 wild pitches, in 196 innings while leading the league with 84 walks.
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Tyson Ross received the 2015 Padres Clyde McCullough Pitcher of the Year Award.
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Tyson Ross signed a one-year contract with the team in 2016 for $9.
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Tyson Ross was named the opening day starter for the 2016 season, but his season was cut short in the very first game of the season.
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Tyson Ross signed a one-year contract with the Texas Rangers on January 19,2017, for $6 million.
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Tyson Ross was wildly inconsistent in his short stint with the Rangers, giving up 37 walks against 36 strikeouts in 49 innings.
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On December 29,2017, Tyson Ross signed a minor league contract to return to the Padres.
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Tyson Ross earned the fifth spot in the Padres rotation and was called up on April 3,2018, to make his first start against the Colorado Rockies.
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On January 13,2020, Tyson Ross signed a minor league contract with the San Francisco Giants with an invitation to spring training.
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Tyson Ross was released by the Giants organization on June 26,2020.
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On July 2, Tyson Ross announced he would not participate in the 2020 season, the same decision his younger brother Joe Tyson Ross made.
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On February 19,2021, Tyson Ross signed a minor league contract with the Texas Rangers organization.
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Tyson Ross pitched for Team USA in 2007, including the Pan-American Games and the World Port Tournament.
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Tyson Ross played for the 2004 and 2005 USA Baseball Junior National teams.
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Tyson's younger brother Joe Ross is a pitcher for the Washington Nationals, who was a first round pick in 2011.
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Tyson Ross's father Willie is a pediatrician, and his mother Jean is an emergency room nurse in Oakland.
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